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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8/B/F/66 |
| Title | Letter from [Samuel] Richardson, midshipman on H.M.S Maidstone, at Sierra Leone to W J Lockett |
| Date | 30 Jun 1826 |
| Description | Has prize containing 174 slaves. The general and two aides de camps have died and the mortality rate is very high. The slave trade is carried on mainly by the French but the navy cannot touch them, while the Portugese are allowed to trade south of the Equator |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Level | Item |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Clients of Ward, Lockett & Balguy and Balguy & Barber, Solicitors of Derby |
| Term | Slavery |
| Slaves |
| Forced labour |
| Oppression |
| Ethnic groups |
| Military personnel |
| Naval personnel |
| Sailors |
| Seagoing vessels |
| Ships |
| Navy |
| British Empire |
| Colonialism |
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